People should be free to live their lives as they see fit, as long as they respect the equal rights of others. For that reason I have chosen the topic of a ninth grade student that was expelled from his high school for wearing a shirt to school that declared, "Adolph Hitler was Right!” This is a very debatable issue for the reason that it is violating the right of freedom of speech or expression but it is also putting the security of the American citizen in jeopardy.
I believe that school leaders must recognize and respect the freedom of expression rights of students within reasonable limits, but they may restrict student expression that creates large disruption to the educational process. I remember reading an article about this same situation. In Tinker, three students wore black armbands to a public school to protest the Vietnam War in 1965. The case made its way to the high court three years later, as the American Civil Liberties Union helped to argue the case for the students’ parents. The court decided in a 7 to 2 vote that the armbands represented protected free speech, since the students’ actions were passive. The Tinker decision sets general boundaries that allow students to wear T-shirts with slogans as long as they aren’t disruptive, and the slogans are part of an effort to express free speech.
In my opinion, the expression on the student "Adolph Hitler was Right!” personally I do not think that is right and definitely believe that the message is inappropriate not just because I don’t like it but also because I do believe it disrupts the educational process of other students. The challenge for school leaders is to achieve the proper balance between the rights of students and the needs of their